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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-10-05
S0BRES PARA CARTAS.
aran surtid dc todss slssss = preclos.
Sobres o 30 centavos 100.
Id. 4 80 id. id.
Id. DE- an doh!as 4 20
ES Ell MAS BARATO.
CAfEISk0 DS IA DOCfRlsA CaISfIiHl
compaesto por 81 Padre kipa.da.

Texto para Las Escuelas de Ia Igla
de Puerto-Rico segdn Decreto del
Excmo. { limo. Gr. Obispo de ests
Di6cesis D. Juan Antonio PUG en- Is
de Dicienbre de $780, y publicado en-
el Bo1etsn Esksssdssico en- 10 de Enero
de 1881, que dice asi:
"Deseando facilitar, segdn su impor-
tancia requiere, Ia adquisici6n del Ca.
tecis1ao de La Doctrina Cristiana & toda
clase de personss, veni1nos en- declars,
tambien de texto para la Di6cssis e]
antigua J popular Cstecismo Del P.
Ripasda que q pesar de su reducido 70.
lhmen, comprende en- sus seneiilss =
concisas preguntss y respuestas la gu
ma toda de 10 snsensnza cat6lica; reu.
niendo 4 La veg Ia inmensa ventais de
estar por su indmo precio al alcance de
as familias pobres.'
PBEcIo.-3 chsvos uuo, IS cts. doce-
ma y $3.50 cts. gruesa.
Sc vende On La INPRHETA, ALaAoss
Oh PAPEL Z LrBRHRfA del BoLxr1N MxR.
oAETn Fortaleza ID, y enla de y. Josf
GoNzkLHz FoAT, Fortaleza 81. Sc
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-10-05

The Proprietoas Of the BoletiB
Mervantl " have the honour of re-
questing English advertisers to hand
their orders to Mess. AMEDEE
PRINCE Z Go who are the sole
Agents for all English q F,sneb
,EdzHytfsinr.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-10-05
Unguento Holloway,

Este maravilloso b4lsamo aana infsliblemen
to las hsridas antiguas, las llagas, y los male
de piernas = de peoho. Por medic de su influsn
cia las dlceras viralentas toman muy pronto
un sspsoto convalecisnts y desaparecen. Ja
mas deia, este unguento ferrigerante, de pro
duoir ana cura perfeota de las afscciones dc ID
miel, les oonstipados, Lao toses el reumatis
mo, aun cuando sc ha apelado On vano to
dos losdeIn&s remadioa
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-10-05

administration du BOIetiH Mer-
cantu phonneur de prier Messieurs
les Annonciers francais de vouloir bien
remettre leurs ordres de Publicite a
MN. AMEDEE PRINCE & Gle, qui
sont les Agents uniques ct exclusifs
dc &c journal pour Ia PabIseite Franfai~
al AMelGise.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1887-10-05
ENCUADERNACION
DEL "BOLETlN MERCANTIL, !"

En- esta secci6n de La casa, montada con
todos los elementos necesarios provista de
materiales de primera clase Sc hacen encua.
dernaciones en- holandesa, cartone, pasta es-
panola, piel de levante CON relieves, todo per
fecto precios reducidos.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-08

view will sooner or later be compelled to
dispose of his stock as improbable, rs the
difference between profit and loss is in the
animals and their management.
The cost of improvement is. fortunately,
but a small sum compared with the bene-
fits derived, rs nature has endowed the
males with the capacityof begetting a large
progeny. And as experiments have dem,
onstrated that the Characteristic of q breed
may be transmitted through the male line
it becomes but a matter of n few seasons
when IN entire herd or flock may be
changed. If one will but calculate the adj
ditional value impaired 10 the stock by
only u single cross it will READILY be per-
ceived that the services performed by the
male moro than balances his cost the first
season, and as he may be useful for several
years it is not only c%ostless and economical
10 improve but very profitable, as stock
That formerly did not repay their cost may.
by o change to grades, add SO largely to
milk, beef, or butter as to make it an object
TO still further improve. The performances
of celebrated animals show what can be
done, and every farmer should aim to i'm
prove his stock to whatever point others
have reached.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-08
Eccd;nr Yomn0 Chicks.

The majority of farmers feed corn meal
dough to chicks and expect the little things
to thrive upon it. Corn-meal is excellent
for them, but they require something else
additional. The chick will not need any
food Mt all for twenty-four hours,after
emerging from the shell, for nature makes
provision for it in that respect. The
second day after being Matched hard boiled
eggs. crumbled fine, is the most suitable
food. They may be given such for two or
three days, allowing milk fer drink Mt the
same time. If eggs are fed continually
they will cause bowel disease, and hence
the food should be varied after the chicks
are four or five days old. An excellent and
cheap food for them is to beat up two eggs
in a quart of milk, which should be
thickened to a stiff dough with a mixture
of one part corn meal, Two parts ground
oats, and one part middlihgs; season with
a little salt and bake in the oven into bread,
which may be crumbled for them. 1t will
be found very nourishing and wholesome.
This food should be varied with another
made by boiling a piece of meat or liver to
pieces, the broth and meat to be thickened
with ~buckwheat meal, baked, and fed rs
before. Chopped onions, lettuce, or cab
bage. will also be acceptable. Avoid feed
ing raw corn meal, and do not give whole
grains until the chicks are ten days old,
screenings, broken rice, and cracked
corn may be fed. AS they grow older
grain should be substituted tor screenings:
Heat is more essential than feeding. If
young chicks are exposed, and become
chilled, it usually results in cold on the
bowels, which is attributed TO the food.
If fed four times a day, they will grow
roni61r
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-08
the,p Improve the Sofl,

The consumption of mutton is increns-
ing i'll this country, especially in large
cities, says The Sheep Breeder, and it has
become profitable to supply tnis demand.
1t is profitable, first, because the price is
renumerative, and secondly, because it is
p,omotive of good husbnndry-the i'm
prevement of the soil. The various cereal
crops are depicting, rapidly exhausting,
to the soil; but a crop of mutton or wool
takes but an imperceptible fraction. and,
under the best management, adds to its
fertility. The mineral matter taken from
the soil by q tiye-pound fleece of wool is
only lie ounces in a year, and 5ounces of
nitrogen. In order that the reader may see
what part of the food is stored up in the
body Of the sheep, and what is passed in
the solid and liquid e2crements, we will
quote from the German tables Of expert
ments: II was found that when sheep
consumed 100 pounds of nitrogen in their
food (being barley meal) 1871 pounds was
voided in the solid excitement, %79pounds in
the liquid excrement, and As pounds was
stored up as increase of the body. Thus
95.7 per cent. of the nitrogen of the food
was voided in the excrement, leaving as u
loss to the soil STORED up in the BODY only
4.3 per cent Of the mineral or ash con-
stituents of the food it was found that
sheep voided in the excrement 9G.2 per
cent. and used in the body only 3.8 per
cent. When sheep were fed upon good
clover and meadow hay the solid excrement
contained of ash 3.5 per cent. of nitrogen
OF per cent, while the urine contained Of
ash sc per cent, of nitrogen Ia per cent,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-08
Grass Raising.

It matters not how widely farmers may
differ in judgment concerning the relative
value md profit of raising different farm
crops, all will agree as TO the Importance
of raising standard crops of grass in pre-
ference to oil others. as the foundation
stone to all profitable farming. There
fore, it is not a matter of surprise when a
farm becomes run down from o%verpasture
Or deficient in hay that the first outcry
should be for more grass. This is tho
great cry now among farmers everywhere,
and he is rated the best farmer who cuts
the greatest number of tons of hay, md
can keep q corresponding number of cattle
to the hundred acres throughout the yenr,
without the aid Of foreign supplies. Grain
raising and p%asturing may be made
mutually profitable for q time without a
rotation of crops, but the time is certain to
come when grain farming needs to be al
ternated with grass. The use of special
fertilizers. however literally they are APP
piled, will not prevent. although it may
delay, the entire impoverishment OF the
soil for atime, but the result is always the
same in the end. That the destruction of
the fertility of the farm is accelerated just
in proportion to the weight anG substance
of the crop removed from the soil, and the
speed with which it is effected. is now adj
mitted by all, and its fertility is extended
just in proportion to the good Judgment Of
the farmer engaged in cultiyating it,
Or0nOe CONn{v FtLr7ner.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-08
THE GARDENER.
Roses hcp, Free from. 51ilae,c.

roses ffr1k F2Pc FROM IitI6eec.
Syringe your roses lightly-just enough
to Wet the foliage; then apply a little
flower of sulphur with the sulphur bel
lows. and if it be not q very bad case this
will check it. Also, mix q little sulphur
and lime-water or tobacco water to the
consistency of paint and apply it to the
coolest end of your fue; that is, providing
the coolest end docs not get heated to over
200 degrees. If hotter than that it might
injure you plants.-Gardeneys' Monthlu.
Suggestions fo,. Those Who Set stoye uy
Their Vegetables.
All quick-maturing crops require much
richer soil and better cultivation than those
that are longer in maturing. Late peas,
like Champion of England or Marrowfat,
will yield a profitable crop on moderately
rich land without manure, but the kinds
that mature early in May must be fur
nished an abundance of plant food in such
a form rs to be Mt once available. The
same is trne of most, if not ali, crops; the
shorter the time in which they mature, the
better chance they should have. In all
crops that come up thick and require to be
thinned, every days neglect after the
plants are large enough TO be thinned re-
duces the yield Of the crop. Beets, car
Ao.o' A"uAoAon. le1luCos phfSulpS, ana all
such crops should be thinned as soon as
You can get hold of them with thumb and
finger. In planting early potatoes some
days may be gained by cutting the seed
and spreading it in q warm room until it
c%allouses and the buds begin to start. and
to avoid danger of freezing the seed should
be crowded down into the bot ON of the
furrow by stepping on it. and covered with
two inches of partly rotted anu before
the earth is put on. Planted in this way
mercury may fall to ten degrees for a
single night without injuring them.-Vick's
Floral Magazine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-08
MECHANICAL NE

During the winter season coughs,
colds, and congestions of various sorts
are to be looked for. If the blood can
be drawn from the parts congested, re-
lief will at once be Offended. A warm
WOODEN shawl pinned closely about the
neck and chest, covering the arms, if
put on when the first sound of the cough
occurs, will almost infallihly stop it at
once. Supplement the shawl with a
warm brick or soapstone at the feet,
and relief is immediate and often per-
manent. Twenty-Five years ago what
nights We spent fighting the Group!
The little sufferer would throw his
arms out from under the cover, and
then the cough frightened. But envel-
oped in q shawl this was impossible, and
at last We learned that in cool weather
the children should take their airings
always before sunset, and at the first
suggestion Of a cough put on a shawl.
For twenty years there has been no
Group in the family. This remedy We
found Just Us effective with adults as
with children.
Hot footballs and hot hand-baths
are excellent alternatives of the circu-
lation. The hand-baths act more i'm
mediately than the footballs, and
there is less danger from exposure.
They are, too, more easily given. Mus
tard draughts (mild) applied to the ex-
tremities change the circulation. FLAIR
nels wrung from hot soda water are ex-
tremely helpful in many cases. Or, if
saturated with soda water, they may be
heated by putting then, in a steamer,
or by placing them on u plate in a hot
oven. This saves wringing them, which
is difficult when they are hot. Great
relief is sometimes found from drinking
freely water rs hot as can be comfort
ably swallowed. It draws the blood to
the stomach, opens the pores. and
washes out the elogged sewers of the
body. We have observed that Il patient
suffering from a cough will have rest
from it and a hearty meal. The blood
is summoned to the work OF digestion
and the lungs are relieved.
Those who suffer from sleep,essness
or from not sleeping soundly will find
help from wrapping their feet warmly
in flannel and putting to Thorn q warm
so%apstone. Those who must get np ia
the night to see children or invalids
should have q pair OF night shoes 10
slip their feet into, so that when they
lie down again cold feet shall not pre-
vent their falling at once to sleep. As
a warning Of what not to do, we give
the following, which came under or
observation last winter: A little Irish
boy, very i'll with pneumonia and burn
ing with fever, begged his mother to
put his feet into cold water, which she
did, and in a few minutes thereafter he
ceased to breathe. Happily for her.
she yetdoes not know how fatal was he,
indulgence to her only boy.-Ncw Yo,l
Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-08
PIE SISTERS.
BY A1FnEp rENNYson.

We wers two daughters of ono race:
She waa che fairest in the face;
TIT Wind is blowing in turret and tree.
They wero together. and she fell;
Therefore revenge berame me we'll.
o the call was fair to soc!
She died She went to burning flame;
She nEK'd her ancient blood with shame.
TIL wind is bowling III turret and tree.
Whole weeks n months. and early and late
10 win. his dove 1 lay in wait;
o the earl was fair to see!
/ made a feast; I babe him come;
I won his love I brought him home.
The wind is roaring in turret and 6ee.
And after supper. on a bed,
Upon nay hap he laid his head;
O the earl was fair to see!
I kiss'd his eyo.ids into rest;
His rudy cheek upon my breast.
Tho wind is raging in turret and tree.
I hated him with the hate of hell,
But loved hie beauty passing we'll.
o the earl was fair to SEQ!
] rose UP in the silent night;
1 made my dagger sharp n bright.
The wine is raving In turret and tree.
AS half asleep his breath he drew,
Three times I stabb'd him tlro' and thro'.
O the carl Wa fair to see!
l curled and comb'd his comedy head,
He lockes; SO grand when he was dead,
The wind is blowing in turret md tree.
wra1stlis body in tho sheet,
And Iaid him at his mothers feet.
the carl was fair to scot
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-08

unusual thing for you," she said, con-
t%emptuously. "and 1 shall remain here no
longer. I leave tomorrow. Goodbye"
Horace Walpole caught her hand as she
was about to pass him.
sClare, you shall not leave me sol You
must listen to the explanation I have to
make, ever though you despise me. I
wrote you, Glare, telling you all, and you
returned that letter unopened. ThenI de-
termined to see you, and went to your
home, only to find you gone. Obstacles
but increased my determination. I
followed you here. l gained access
to this family through q particular
friend of mine and theirs. I
met you. met you to receive naught but
scorn and contempt, when my soul
hungered for love and one kind word!
You refused to hear me, declared you
would not remain here another hour. if I
persisted in seeking you. 1 bowed to the
inevitable and awaited my opportunity. I
have found it, Glare, and you shall listen
to me!
@That woman, who bore my name and
whom l had every reason to believe dead
before I asked you to be my wife, n olonger
bears any relation to me; no longer hos a
shadow of claim upon me. No, you need
not speak the thoughts 1 see in your mind. I
am not divorced, she never was my wife.
l have every proof That she already had a
husband when she married me. Thu fault
you nscribe TO me, was never justly mine,
Glare. l was sinned against more than
SHINING. What is a man of 90 pitted against
the experience of o woman of 25? Glare,
be just! 1 love you and shall always love
you better than my other, better, I some-
times think, than my God; but even though
this love consume me, wreck me, body and
soul, I cannot be SO false to my %manhood's
pride as to plead longer. Glare, come!
come to these arms that long SO eagerly
TO hold you, mine, my wife!"
Glare did not raise her head. "Am l
dreaming? Did some one say that he was
free? that my love was no longer q sin?
What makes my head feel SO queerly?"
And with a little moan Clare sank upon
the floor at his feet, ere he could catch
her.
LIZ Ntu uOG Gull lOI H66lSJduC6, UuG
gathered her into his arms and held her
there as though he would never release her
again.
How he longedtok kiss the full, delicately-
curved lips, but no-until she came to him
voluntarily she was sacred.
Slowly the auttering lids we're raised and
she looked into Horace Walpole's face
with q dazed, puzzled expression for an
instant, then everything came to her.
The last barrier was swept away, and
Glare tremblingly md with moist eyes
clasped her arms around his neck and their
lips met in a long, passionate kiss-his at
last.
So engrossed were they that Mary stood
before them ere they were aware of her
presence. In response to her look of
pleased inquiry Glare blushingly said:
II have changed my mind, dear, and
have promised to marry Horace!n
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-08
prese,.cin0 Eggs.

Take q common box, such as is used for
packing canned tomatoes; upon a two
inch layer of fresh, clean oats place the
eggs, large end down, and leave space of
at least an inch between the eggs; cover
with a layer of oats and then place another
layer of eggs, as before, until the box is
nearly full; fill it with oats, packing the
grain in neatly, and screw on the top; place
your box in n cool cellar. and turn it up
side down every other day. II strictly
fresh eggs are used, and the turning is ut.
tended to as directed, few persons will
know them from fresh eggs, and they will
certainly be much superior to lined OF
EGGS.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-08
tbo ores which every fruit grower should

III VAC0 .
b manure, although one Of the hes.
plant foods. is too largely made up o. wn'ef
for economy in use, and tue quantity nee,
essary to be applied to the soil 10 inln'S Il
those elements required by the apple, -
the grower is looking for profit, make esom
very expensive when the hauling ~
especially the inexperienced, labor under a
crave misapprehension as TO the proper
supply suppl Of plant food demanded by most st
soils in the production of heavy crops OF
finely favored fruit. What to many OF
these men seems to be an overplus' IS
really q deficiency.
True, it sometimes happens hat IN or
chard is overfed, but in ninety:nine cnses
food. l have seen 400 bushels of hard
wood ashes probably applied to IN acre
of orchard land.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-08
THE DA1RYMAN.
nhat a cop >houzd Yield.

Something depends, of course, upon the
kind of n COW, but no COW is a good one
that does not yield $500 quarts of milk in
II year, or about seven quarts a day for
the 3b5 days. She will he dry a portion OF
the time, and, of course, will yield more
when fresh than when toward the end of
her milking period, but she should not i've
less than seven quarts daily for every day
in the year. The milk should produce 200
pounds of butter, or a pound to every
twelve and o half quarts of milk, which at
IS cents q pound the whole year would
yield $40. The value of the calf depends
upon its breeding, while the skim milk fed
to pigs, and the manure, should realize ut
least S25 more, making SOS. This sum,
fixed at profit, however, may vary, as the
price of flood is cheaper in some localities
than in others. Dairymen differ as TO the
amount of profit a COW should give. Some
claim rs much as $50 a year, but such
dairymen sell the milk directly to con-
sumers as a fair price. The safest esti-
mate is made upon the practice of skim
ming the milk and raising pigs, which will
increase the profit, especially if n good
breed Of hogs be used in connection with q
first class lot Of dairy COWS.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-08
Can PNf6iNu-

Make q batter as if for wafles. To ono
pint of milk allow two eggs and 10 one
Hour to thicken. One t%easpoonfn, % onI pagg
ing powder should be stirred into thn pak-
flil a sufficient number of teacuns viii ho ,ui:
n with fruit if you wish. crrron.n anls
ralslns in layers. Then set The cnns ana
steamer and let the water boil nnde. Al a
Tor q 1uil hour; serve while hot with - neatn
ana butter sauce or cream, Jam ~ cs" a'k
raisips. F"so y eurrants and
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-08
HOME, FARM, Aao GARDEN.
Talks with tie Farmer, Orchards
Stock. Breeder, Pou:terer, and
H~ousekeepor.
Hints on House Decorations, Kitchen
Economy, and the Prcserya.
ton of Health.
THE FARM.
Tho 1arn.rr,, Workshop.

Every farmer should have q small build
ing for keeping tools and the smaller inn
plemen,s used on the farm. Here, with n
comfortable fire in winter, much pleasant
and profitable work may be done making
c~onyeniences for barn or house, mending
and oiling harness and doing many things
that would either be undone or cost q con-
siderable sum were a tradesman employed
to do them. Except near cities it is cheaper
to buy the materials for bushel boxes or
crates for fruit or potatoes and put them
together. This will make a good job for
thing TO induce some boys who have a me-
chanlcal turn of mind to remain on the
farm.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-08
Fruit AuuD!c.

One and n half cupfuls of sugar, one of
butter, one-half cupful of molasses. three
eggs, one %teaspooniul of soda, one cunfnl
OF raisins, one of currants, one tablesnaon'
1ul OF ginger, one of cloves, one of cinna-
mon, one of allspice, sufficient flour 70 rol,
out as soft as can be cut. These viii kean
several months. Aeop
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-08
THE 2oULTRY-YARD.
Guinea Hens.

There is one advantage in keeping guinea
fowls with other poultry, astheir loud noise
frightens away hawks and other enemies.
G%uinea-fowl meat is dark, but has a
gamey flavor liked by those who have a
fancy for game. AS egg producers guinea
fowls. are excellent, though their habits OF
roaming causes many of the eggs TO be